Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree

Deep Learning

Project: Build a Traffic Sign Recognition Classifier

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Step 0: Load The Data

In [19]:
# Load pickled data
import pickle
import numpy as np
import random
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import math
from sklearn.utils import shuffle
import cv2
import tensorflow as tf
from tensorflow.contrib.layers import flatten
from tqdm import tqdm
# Visualizations will be shown in the notebook.
%matplotlib inline

# TODO: Fill this in based on where you saved the training and testing data

training_file = '../data/train.p'
validation_file='../data/valid.p'
testing_file = '../data/test.p'

with open(training_file, mode='rb') as f:
    train = pickle.load(f)
with open(validation_file, mode='rb') as f:
    valid = pickle.load(f)
with open(testing_file, mode='rb') as f:
    test = pickle.load(f)
    
X_train, y_train = train['features'], train['labels']
X_validation, y_validation = valid['features'], valid['labels']
X_test, y_test = test['features'], test['labels']

#X_train = X_train[1:1000]
#y_train = y_train[1:1000]

assert(len(X_train) == len(y_train))
assert(len(X_validation) == len(y_validation))
assert(len(X_test) == len(y_test))

print()
print("Image Shape: {}".format(X_train[0].shape))
print()
print("Training Set:   {} samples".format(len(X_train)))
print("Validation Set: {} samples".format(len(X_validation)))
print("Test Set:       {} samples".format(len(X_test)))
print(y_train.shape)
Image Shape: (32, 32, 3)

Training Set:   34799 samples
Validation Set: 4410 samples
Test Set:       12630 samples
(34799,)

Step 1: Dataset Summary & Exploration

The pickled data is a dictionary with 4 key/value pairs:

  • 'features' is a 4D array containing raw pixel data of the traffic sign images, (num examples, width, height, channels).
  • 'labels' is a 1D array containing the label/class id of the traffic sign. The file signnames.csv contains id -> name mappings for each id.
  • 'sizes' is a list containing tuples, (width, height) representing the original width and height the image.
  • 'coords' is a list containing tuples, (x1, y1, x2, y2) representing coordinates of a bounding box around the sign in the image. THESE COORDINATES ASSUME THE ORIGINAL IMAGE. THE PICKLED DATA CONTAINS RESIZED VERSIONS (32 by 32) OF THESE IMAGES

Complete the basic data summary below. Use python, numpy and/or pandas methods to calculate the data summary rather than hard coding the results. For example, the pandas shape method might be useful for calculating some of the summary results.

Provide a Basic Summary of the Data Set Using Python, Numpy and/or Pandas

In [20]:
### Replace each question mark with the appropriate value. 
### Use python, pandas or numpy methods rather than hard coding the results



# TODO: Number of training examples
n_train = X_train.shape[0]

# TODO: Number of validation examples
n_validation = X_validation.shape[0]

# TODO: Number of testing examples.
n_test = X_test.shape[0]

# TODO: What's the shape of an traffic sign image?
image_shape = X_train[0].shape

# TODO: How many unique classes/labels there are in the dataset.
n_classes = np.unique(y_train).shape[0]

print("Number of training examples =", n_train)
print("Number of testing examples =", n_test)
print("Image data shape =", image_shape)
print("Number of classes =", n_classes)
Number of training examples = 34799
Number of testing examples = 12630
Image data shape = (32, 32, 3)
Number of classes = 43

Include an exploratory visualization of the dataset

Visualize the German Traffic Signs Dataset using the pickled file(s). This is open ended, suggestions include: plotting traffic sign images, plotting the count of each sign, etc.

The Matplotlib examples and gallery pages are a great resource for doing visualizations in Python.

NOTE: It's recommended you start with something simple first. If you wish to do more, come back to it after you've completed the rest of the sections. It can be interesting to look at the distribution of classes in the training, validation and test set. Is the distribution the same? Are there more examples of some classes than others?

In [21]:
### Data exploration visualization code goes here.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.



#distribution of images in training set
n_classes, class_counts = np.unique(y_train, return_counts = True)
signs = list(range(43))
plt.figure(figsize=(5,5))
plt.bar(signs, class_counts)
plt.suptitle('Sign appearance in training set', fontsize=16)


#distribution of images in validation set
n_classes, class_counts = np.unique(y_validation, return_counts = True)
signs = list(range(43))
plt.figure(figsize=(5,5))
plt.bar(signs, class_counts)
plt.suptitle('Sign appearance in validation set', fontsize=16)


#distribution of images in test set
n_classes, class_counts = np.unique(y_test, return_counts = True)
signs = list(range(43))
plt.figure(figsize=(5,5))
plt.bar(signs, class_counts)
plt.suptitle('Sign appearance in test set', fontsize=16)

#show random image
for signtype in tqdm(n_classes):
    img_set = X_train[y_train == signtype]
    plt.figure(figsize=(20,3))
    plt.suptitle('Sign: %s' %signtype, fontsize=16)
    for index in range(10):
        plt.subplot(1, 10, index+1)
        plt.imshow(img_set[random.randint(0,img_set.shape[0]-1)])
        
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  max_open_warning, RuntimeWarning)
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Step 2: Design and Test a Model Architecture

Design and implement a deep learning model that learns to recognize traffic signs. Train and test your model on the German Traffic Sign Dataset.

The LeNet-5 implementation shown in the classroom at the end of the CNN lesson is a solid starting point. You'll have to change the number of classes and possibly the preprocessing, but aside from that it's plug and play!

With the LeNet-5 solution from the lecture, you should expect a validation set accuracy of about 0.89. To meet specifications, the validation set accuracy will need to be at least 0.93. It is possible to get an even higher accuracy, but 0.93 is the minimum for a successful project submission.

There are various aspects to consider when thinking about this problem:

  • Neural network architecture (is the network over or underfitting?)
  • Play around preprocessing techniques (normalization, rgb to grayscale, etc)
  • Number of examples per label (some have more than others).
  • Generate fake data.

Here is an example of a published baseline model on this problem. It's not required to be familiar with the approach used in the paper but, it's good practice to try to read papers like these.

Pre-process the Data Set (normalization, grayscale, etc.)

Minimally, the image data should be normalized so that the data has mean zero and equal variance. For image data, (pixel - 128)/ 128 is a quick way to approximately normalize the data and can be used in this project.

Other pre-processing steps are optional. You can try different techniques to see if it improves performance.

Use the code cell (or multiple code cells, if necessary) to implement the first step of your project.

In [22]:
### Preprocess the data here. It is required to normalize the data. Other preprocessing steps could include 
### converting to grayscale, etc.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.


#random translation
def translate(image):
    rnd = random.randint(1, 8)
    image = image[rnd:rnd+24,rnd:rnd+24,:]
    image = np.pad(image, ((0,8),(0,8),(0,0)), 'constant')
    return image


#zooming
def zoom(image):
    zoom_factor = .7 + .6*random.random()
    size  = math.floor(zoom_factor*32)
    if size < 32:
        zoom = cv2.resize(image,(size,size))
        zoom = np.pad(zoom, ((0,32-size),(0,32-size),(0,0)), 'constant')
    elif size >= 32:
        zoom = cv2.resize(image,(size,size))
        zoom=zoom[math.floor((size-32)/2):math.floor((size-32)/2)+32,math.floor((size-32)/2):math.floor((size-32)/2)+32]
    return zoom

#noise
def noise(image):
    noise = np.zeros_like(image)
    randmask = np.random.normal(size = (32,32))
    randmask = np.clip((randmask*64+128),0,255).astype(int)
    noise[:,:,0] = randmask
    noise[:,:,1] = randmask
    noise[:,:,2] = randmask
    image = cv2.addWeighted(image, 0.9, noise, 0.1, 0)
    return image
    
#random flip
def flip(image):
    image = cv2.flip(image, 1)
    return image
    
#random rotation
def rotate(image):
    rnd = random.randint(-20,20)
    M = cv2.getRotationMatrix2D((16, 16), rnd, 1)
    image = cv2.warpAffine(src=image, M=M, dsize=(32, 32))
    return image

def augment_image(image):
    rnd = random.randint(1,4)
    if rnd == 1:
        img = translate(image)
    elif rnd == 2:
        img = zoom(image)
    elif rnd == 3:
        img = noise(image)
    elif rnd == 4:
        img = rotate(image)
    elif rnd == 5:
        img = flip(image)
    return img
    

#Create augmented images using the augmentation techniques above so there are equal numbers of each type of sign
n_classes, class_counts = np.unique(y_train, return_counts = True)
augmented_images = []
augmented_labels = []
desired = 5000    
for signtype in tqdm(n_classes):
    augment_set = X_train[y_train == signtype]
#    plt.figure(figsize=(20,3))
#    for index in range(10):
#        plt.subplot(1, 10, index+1)
#        plt.imshow(augment_set[random.randint(0,augment_set.shape[0]-1)])
    count = class_counts[signtype]
    while (count < desired):
        rnd = random.randint(0,augment_set.shape[0]-1)
        augmented_images.append(augment_image(augment_image(augment_set[rnd])))
        augmented_labels.append(signtype)
        count += 1
#    plt.figure(figsize=(20,3))
#    for index in range(10):
#        plt.subplot(1, 10, index+1)
#        plt.imshow(augmented_images[-(random.randint(1,desired-class_counts[signtype]))])


#concatenate augmented images to original training images to create augmented data set
X_train = np.concatenate([X_train, np.array(augmented_images)])
y_train = np.concatenate([y_train, np.array(augmented_labels)])


#apply grayscale and histogram equalization
X_train = np.array([np.expand_dims(cv2.equalizeHist(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)), axis = 2) for image in X_train])
X_validation = np.array([np.expand_dims(cv2.equalizeHist(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)), axis = 2) for image in X_validation])



#visualize augmented data set
aug_classes, aug_counts = np.unique(y_train, return_counts = True)
for signtype in tqdm(aug_classes):
    augment_set = X_train[y_train == signtype]
    plt.figure(figsize=(20,3))
    plt.suptitle('Sign: %s, %s images' %(signtype,augment_set.shape[0]), fontsize=16)
    for index in range(10):
        rnd = random.randint(0,augment_set.shape[0]-1)
        plt.subplot(1, 10, index+1).set_title('%s, %s' %(rnd, augment_set[rnd].shape))
        plt.imshow(augment_set[rnd].squeeze())


#Normalize
X_train = np.add(X_train,-128)/128
X_validation = np.add(X_validation,-128)/128

#preprocess test data
X_test = np.array([np.expand_dims(cv2.equalizeHist(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)), axis = 2) for image in X_test])     
X_test = np.add(X_test,-128)/128
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  max_open_warning, RuntimeWarning)
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Model Architecture

In [23]:
### Define your architecture here.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.

mu = 0
sigma = 0.1


# Store layers weight & bias
weights = {
    'wc1': tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(5, 5, 1, 6), mean = mu, stddev = sigma), name='wc1'),
    'wc2': tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(5, 5, 6, 16), mean = mu, stddev = sigma), name='wc2'),
    'wc3': tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(3, 3, 16, 64), mean = mu, stddev = sigma), name='wc3'),
    'wc4': tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(3, 3, 64, 128), mean = mu, stddev = sigma), name='wc4'),
    'wd1': tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(3*3*128, 120), mean = mu, stddev = sigma), name='wd1'),
    'wd2': tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(120, 84), mean = mu, stddev = sigma), name='wd2'),
    'out': tf.Variable(tf.truncated_normal(shape=(84, 43), mean = mu, stddev = sigma), name='out')}

biases = {
    'bc1': tf.Variable(tf.zeros(6), name='bc1'),
    'bc2': tf.Variable(tf.zeros(16), name='bc2'),
    'bc3': tf.Variable(tf.zeros(64), name='bc3'),
    'bc4': tf.Variable(tf.zeros(128), name='bc4'),
    'bd1': tf.Variable(tf.zeros(120), name='bd1'),
    'bd2': tf.Variable(tf.zeros(84), name='bd2'),
    'out': tf.Variable(tf.zeros(43), name='bout')}



def GaddyNet(x, keep_prob = 0.5):    
   
    # TODO: Layer 1: Convolutional. Input = 32x32x1. Output = 28x28x6.
    conv1 = tf.nn.conv2d(x, weights['wc1'], strides=[1, 1, 1, 1], padding='VALID')
    conv1 = tf.nn.bias_add(conv1, biases['bc1'])
    print("Conv1 Layer shape: {}".format(conv1[0].shape))
    
    # TODO: Activation.
    conv1 = tf.nn.relu(conv1)
    
    # TODO: Pooling. Input = 28x28x6. Output = 14x14x6.
    pool1 = tf.nn.max_pool(conv1,  ksize=[1, 2, 2, 1],  strides=[1, 2, 2, 1], padding='VALID')
    
    # TODO: Layer 2: Convolutional. Output = 10x10x16.
    conv2 = tf.nn.conv2d(pool1, weights['wc2'], strides=[1, 1, 1, 1], padding='VALID')
    conv2 = tf.nn.bias_add(conv2, biases['bc2'])
    print("Conv2 Layer shape: {}".format(conv2[0].shape))
    
    # TODO: Activation.
    conv2 = tf.nn.relu(conv2)

    # TODO: Pooling. Input = 10x10x16. Output = 5x5x16.
    pool2 = tf.nn.max_pool(conv2,  ksize=[1, 2, 2, 1],  strides=[1, 2, 2, 1], padding='VALID')
    
    # new conv layer:  5x5x16 to 3x3x64
    conv3 = tf.nn.conv2d(pool2, weights['wc3'], strides=[1, 1, 1, 1], padding='VALID')
    conv3 = tf.nn.bias_add(conv3, biases['bc3'])
    conv3 = tf.nn.relu(conv3)
    print("Conv3 Layer shape: {}".format(conv3[0].shape))
    
    
    # new conv layer:  3x3x64 to 3x3x128
    conv4 = tf.nn.conv2d(conv3, weights['wc4'], strides=[1, 1, 1, 1], padding='SAME')
    conv4 = tf.nn.bias_add(conv4, biases['bc4'])
    conv4 = tf.nn.relu(conv4)
    print("Conv4 Layer shape: {}".format(conv4[0].shape))

    # TODO: Flatten. Input = 3x3x128. Output = 1152.
    fc1 = tf.reshape(conv4, [-1, weights['wd1'].get_shape().as_list()[0]])
    
    # TODO: Layer 3: Fully Connected. Input = 1152. Output = 120.
    fc1 = tf.add(tf.matmul(fc1, weights['wd1']), biases['bd1'])
    
    # TODO: Activation.
    fc1 = tf.nn.relu(fc1)
    fc1 = tf.nn.dropout(fc1, keep_prob)

    
    # TODO: Layer 4: Fully Connected. Input = 120. Output = 84.
    fc2 = tf.add(tf.matmul(fc1, weights['wd2']), biases['bd2'])
    fc2 = tf.nn.relu(fc2)
    #fc2 = tf.nn.dropout(fc2, keep_prob)
    
    # TODO: Layer 5: Fully Connected. Input = 84. Output = 43.
    logits = tf.add(tf.matmul(fc2, weights['out']), biases['out'])
    
    return logits, conv1, pool1, conv2, pool2, conv3, conv4, fc1, fc2

Train, Validate and Test the Model

A validation set can be used to assess how well the model is performing. A low accuracy on the training and validation sets imply underfitting. A high accuracy on the training set but low accuracy on the validation set implies overfitting.

Training Setup

In [24]:
x = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, (None, 32, 32, 1))
y = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, (None))
keep_prob = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, (None))
rate = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, (None))
one_hot_y = tf.one_hot(y, 43)

EPOCHS = 8
BATCH_SIZE = 128
#rate = 0.001 #rate is defined dynamically in the training session in the cell below
beta = 0.01

logits, conv1, pool1, conv2, pool2, conv3, conv4, fc1, fc2 = GaddyNet(x, keep_prob)
cross_entropy = tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(labels=one_hot_y, logits=logits)
loss_operation = tf.reduce_mean(cross_entropy)
# Loss function using L2 Regularization  - from https://www.ritchieng.com/machine-learning/deep-learning/tensorflow/regularization/
#loss_operation = tf.reduce_mean(loss_operation + beta * tf.nn.l2_loss(weights['wc1'])
#                                               + beta * tf.nn.l2_loss(weights['wc2'])
#                                               + beta * tf.nn.l2_loss(weights['wc3'])
#                                               + beta * tf.nn.l2_loss(weights['wc4'])
#                                               + beta * tf.nn.l2_loss(weights['wd1'])
#                                               + beta * tf.nn.l2_loss(weights['wd2'])
#                                               + beta * tf.nn.l2_loss(weights['out']))

optimizer = tf.train.AdamOptimizer(learning_rate = rate)
training_operation = optimizer.minimize(loss_operation)


#loss = (tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(
#    logits=out_layer, labels=tf_train_labels)) +
#    0.01*tf.nn.l2_loss(hidden_weights) +
#    0.01*tf.nn.l2_loss(out_weights))
# Loss function using L2 Regularization
#    regularizer = tf.nn.l2_loss(weights)
#    loss = tf.reduce_mean(loss + beta * regularizer)

correct_prediction = tf.equal(tf.argmax(logits, 1), tf.argmax(one_hot_y, 1))
accuracy_operation = tf.reduce_mean(tf.cast(correct_prediction, tf.float32))
saver = tf.train.Saver()

def evaluate(X_data, y_data):
    num_examples = len(X_data)
    total_accuracy = 0
    sess = tf.get_default_session()
    for offset in range(0, num_examples, BATCH_SIZE):
        batch_x, batch_y = X_data[offset:offset+BATCH_SIZE], y_data[offset:offset+BATCH_SIZE]
        accuracy = sess.run(accuracy_operation, feed_dict={x: batch_x, y: batch_y, keep_prob: 1})
        total_accuracy += (accuracy * len(batch_x))
    return total_accuracy / num_examples
Conv1 Layer shape: (28, 28, 6)
Conv2 Layer shape: (10, 10, 16)
Conv3 Layer shape: (3, 3, 64)
Conv4 Layer shape: (3, 3, 128)

Training pipeline

In [25]:
### Train your model here.
### Calculate and report the accuracy on the training and validation set.
### Once a final model architecture is selected, 
### the accuracy on the test set should be calculated and reported as well.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.


with tf.Session() as sess:
    sess.run(tf.global_variables_initializer())
    num_examples = len(X_train)
        
    
    print("Training...")
    print()
    for i in range(EPOCHS):
        X_train, y_train = shuffle(X_train, y_train)
        lr = 0.001/(1+i*0.0001)
        for offset in range(0, num_examples, BATCH_SIZE):
            end = offset + BATCH_SIZE
            batch_x, batch_y = X_train[offset:end], y_train[offset:end]
            sess.run(training_operation, feed_dict={x: batch_x, y: batch_y, keep_prob: 0.5, rate: lr})
        train_accuracy = evaluate(X_train, y_train)    
        validation_accuracy = evaluate(X_validation, y_validation)
        print("EPOCH {} ...".format(i+1))
        print("Train Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(train_accuracy))
        print("Validation Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(validation_accuracy))
        print()
    saver.save(sess, './lenet')
    print("Model saved")
Training...

EPOCH 1 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.851
Validation Accuracy = 0.925

EPOCH 2 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.909
Validation Accuracy = 0.957

EPOCH 3 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.929
Validation Accuracy = 0.954

EPOCH 4 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.944
Validation Accuracy = 0.972

EPOCH 5 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.947
Validation Accuracy = 0.977

EPOCH 6 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.953
Validation Accuracy = 0.973

EPOCH 7 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.963
Validation Accuracy = 0.976

EPOCH 8 ...
Train Accuracy = 0.961
Validation Accuracy = 0.976

Model saved

Evaluate the model

In [47]:
n_classes, class_counts = np.unique(y_train, return_counts = True)
sign_accuracy = np.zeros_like(n_classes).astype(float)
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess,  './lenet')
    test_accuracy = evaluate(X_test, y_test)
    print("Test Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(test_accuracy))
    for signtype in n_classes:
        img_set = X_test[y_test == signtype]
        test_accuracy = evaluate(img_set, y_test[y_test == signtype])
        print("Test Accuracy %s = {:.3f}".format(test_accuracy) %signtype)
        sign_accuracy[signtype] = test_accuracy
plt.figure(figsize=(20,5))
plt.bar(n_classes, sign_accuracy)
plt.suptitle('Sign accuracy in test set', fontsize=16)
        
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
Test Accuracy = 0.944
Test Accuracy 0 = 0.933
Test Accuracy 1 = 0.953
Test Accuracy 2 = 0.948
Test Accuracy 3 = 0.884
Test Accuracy 4 = 0.914
Test Accuracy 5 = 0.881
Test Accuracy 6 = 0.800
Test Accuracy 7 = 0.989
Test Accuracy 8 = 0.967
Test Accuracy 9 = 0.998
Test Accuracy 10 = 0.982
Test Accuracy 11 = 0.917
Test Accuracy 12 = 0.984
Test Accuracy 13 = 0.996
Test Accuracy 14 = 0.996
Test Accuracy 15 = 0.943
Test Accuracy 16 = 0.993
Test Accuracy 17 = 0.958
Test Accuracy 18 = 0.792
Test Accuracy 19 = 1.000
Test Accuracy 20 = 0.889
Test Accuracy 21 = 0.822
Test Accuracy 22 = 0.975
Test Accuracy 23 = 0.973
Test Accuracy 24 = 0.933
Test Accuracy 25 = 0.923
Test Accuracy 26 = 0.917
Test Accuracy 27 = 0.733
Test Accuracy 28 = 0.940
Test Accuracy 29 = 1.000
Test Accuracy 30 = 0.773
Test Accuracy 31 = 0.970
Test Accuracy 32 = 1.000
Test Accuracy 33 = 1.000
Test Accuracy 34 = 0.992
Test Accuracy 35 = 0.974
Test Accuracy 36 = 0.992
Test Accuracy 37 = 1.000
Test Accuracy 38 = 0.972
Test Accuracy 39 = 0.989
Test Accuracy 40 = 0.833
Test Accuracy 41 = 0.650
Test Accuracy 42 = 0.978
Out[47]:
Text(0.5,0.98,'Sign accuracy in test set')

Step 3: Test a Model on New Images

To give yourself more insight into how your model is working, download at least five pictures of German traffic signs from the web and use your model to predict the traffic sign type.

You may find signnames.csv useful as it contains mappings from the class id (integer) to the actual sign name.

Load and Output the Images

In [48]:
### Load the images and plot them here.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
import os
import matplotlib.image as mpimg

#create labels
web_labels = [1, 33, 14, 35, 13]
web_labels = np.array(web_labels)


#import, resize, and display images from web
#file_list = os.listdir("Traffic Signs/")
file_list = ['30kph sign.jpg', 'right turn.jpg', 'stop sign.jpg', 'straight ahead.jpg', 'yield.jpg']
web_images = []
index = 1
plt.figure(figsize=(20,3))
for name in file_list:
    image = mpimg.imread('./Traffic Signs/%s'  %(name))
    image = cv2.resize(image,(32,32))
    plt.subplot(1, 5, index).set_title('%s, %s' %(web_labels[index-1], image.shape))
    plt.imshow(image)
    web_images.append(image)
    index +=1

#apply grayscale and histogram equalization
web_images = np.array([np.expand_dims(cv2.equalizeHist(cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_RGB2GRAY)), axis = 2) for image in web_images])    

#visualize preprocessed images
plt.figure(figsize=(20,3))
index = 1
for m in web_images:
    plt.subplot(1, 5, index).set_title('%s, %s' %(web_labels[index-1], image.shape))
    plt.imshow(m.squeeze())
    index +=1  
    
    
#normalize images
web_images = np.add(web_images,-128)/128

    
    

Predict the Sign Type for Each Image

In [49]:
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess,  './lenet')
    test_accuracy = evaluate(web_images, web_labels)
    maxs = sess.run(tf.argmax(logits, 1), feed_dict={x: web_images, keep_prob: 1})
    print(maxs)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
[ 1 33 13 35 13]

Analyze Performance

In [50]:
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess,  './lenet')
    test_accuracy = evaluate(web_images, web_labels)
    print("Test Accuracy = {:.3f}".format(test_accuracy))
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
Test Accuracy = 0.800

Output Top 5 Softmax Probabilities For Each Image Found on the Web

For each of the new images, print out the model's softmax probabilities to show the certainty of the model's predictions (limit the output to the top 5 probabilities for each image). tf.nn.top_k could prove helpful here.

The example below demonstrates how tf.nn.top_k can be used to find the top k predictions for each image.

tf.nn.top_k will return the values and indices (class ids) of the top k predictions. So if k=3, for each sign, it'll return the 3 largest probabilities (out of a possible 43) and the correspoding class ids.

Take this numpy array as an example. The values in the array represent predictions. The array contains softmax probabilities for five candidate images with six possible classes. tf.nn.top_k is used to choose the three classes with the highest probability:

# (5, 6) array
a = np.array([[ 0.24879643,  0.07032244,  0.12641572,  0.34763842,  0.07893497,
         0.12789202],
       [ 0.28086119,  0.27569815,  0.08594638,  0.0178669 ,  0.18063401,
         0.15899337],
       [ 0.26076848,  0.23664738,  0.08020603,  0.07001922,  0.1134371 ,
         0.23892179],
       [ 0.11943333,  0.29198961,  0.02605103,  0.26234032,  0.1351348 ,
         0.16505091],
       [ 0.09561176,  0.34396535,  0.0643941 ,  0.16240774,  0.24206137,
         0.09155967]])

Running it through sess.run(tf.nn.top_k(tf.constant(a), k=3)) produces:

TopKV2(values=array([[ 0.34763842,  0.24879643,  0.12789202],
       [ 0.28086119,  0.27569815,  0.18063401],
       [ 0.26076848,  0.23892179,  0.23664738],
       [ 0.29198961,  0.26234032,  0.16505091],
       [ 0.34396535,  0.24206137,  0.16240774]]), indices=array([[3, 0, 5],
       [0, 1, 4],
       [0, 5, 1],
       [1, 3, 5],
       [1, 4, 3]], dtype=int32))

Looking just at the first row we get [ 0.34763842, 0.24879643, 0.12789202], you can confirm these are the 3 largest probabilities in a. You'll also notice [3, 0, 5] are the corresponding indices.

In [55]:
### Print out the top five softmax probabilities for the predictions on the German traffic sign images found on the web. 
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess,  './lenet')
    top_softmax = sess.run(tf.nn.top_k(tf.nn.softmax(logits), k=5), feed_dict={x: web_images, keep_prob: 1})
    print(top_softmax)
    
#web_labels = [1, 33, 14, 35, 13]
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
TopKV2(values=array([[  9.99822319e-01,   7.76912420e-05,   5.16081818e-05,
          3.66388413e-05,   1.05217796e-05],
       [  1.00000000e+00,   1.58354165e-14,   8.50578966e-15,
          6.30312368e-15,   3.57575933e-15],
       [  9.06778395e-01,   8.24083760e-02,   7.40239536e-03,
          1.61292753e-03,   1.47179805e-03],
       [  1.00000000e+00,   5.55768653e-10,   1.90715245e-14,
          4.17876214e-16,   3.61462390e-16],
       [  1.00000000e+00,   3.60393049e-10,   2.73738310e-10,
          2.51823423e-10,   9.27087088e-11]], dtype=float32), indices=array([[ 1,  2,  5,  4,  0],
       [33,  6, 35, 36, 42],
       [13, 14, 33,  3, 15],
       [35, 33, 36, 34,  3],
       [13, 15, 33, 12,  9]], dtype=int32))

Project Writeup

Once you have completed the code implementation, document your results in a project writeup using this template as a guide. The writeup can be in a markdown or pdf file.

Note: Once you have completed all of the code implementations and successfully answered each question above, you may finalize your work by exporting the iPython Notebook as an HTML document. You can do this by using the menu above and navigating to \n", "File -> Download as -> HTML (.html). Include the finished document along with this notebook as your submission.


Step 4 (Optional): Visualize the Neural Network's State with Test Images

This Section is not required to complete but acts as an additional excersise for understaning the output of a neural network's weights. While neural networks can be a great learning device they are often referred to as a black box. We can understand what the weights of a neural network look like better by plotting their feature maps. After successfully training your neural network you can see what it's feature maps look like by plotting the output of the network's weight layers in response to a test stimuli image. From these plotted feature maps, it's possible to see what characteristics of an image the network finds interesting. For a sign, maybe the inner network feature maps react with high activation to the sign's boundary outline or to the contrast in the sign's painted symbol.

Provided for you below is the function code that allows you to get the visualization output of any tensorflow weight layer you want. The inputs to the function should be a stimuli image, one used during training or a new one you provided, and then the tensorflow variable name that represents the layer's state during the training process, for instance if you wanted to see what the LeNet lab's feature maps looked like for it's second convolutional layer you could enter conv2 as the tf_activation variable.

For an example of what feature map outputs look like, check out NVIDIA's results in their paper End-to-End Deep Learning for Self-Driving Cars in the section Visualization of internal CNN State. NVIDIA was able to show that their network's inner weights had high activations to road boundary lines by comparing feature maps from an image with a clear path to one without. Try experimenting with a similar test to show that your trained network's weights are looking for interesting features, whether it's looking at differences in feature maps from images with or without a sign, or even what feature maps look like in a trained network vs a completely untrained one on the same sign image.

Combined Image

Your output should look something like this (above)

In [51]:
### Visualize your network's feature maps here.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.

# image_input: the test image being fed into the network to produce the feature maps
# tf_activation: should be a tf variable name used during your training procedure that represents the calculated state of a specific weight layer
# activation_min/max: can be used to view the activation contrast in more detail, by default matplot sets min and max to the actual min and max values of the output
# plt_num: used to plot out multiple different weight feature map sets on the same block, just extend the plt number for each new feature map entry

def outputFeatureMap(image_input, tf_activation, activation_min=-1, activation_max=-1 ,plt_num=1):
    # Here make sure to preprocess your image_input in a way your network expects
    # with size, normalization, ect if needed
    # image_input =
    # Note: x should be the same name as your network's tensorflow data placeholder variable
    # If you get an error tf_activation is not defined it may be having trouble accessing the variable from inside a function
    activation = tf_activation.eval(session=sess,feed_dict={x : image_input})
    featuremaps = activation.shape[3]
    plt.figure(plt_num, figsize=(15,15))
    for featuremap in range(featuremaps):
        plt.subplot(6,8, featuremap+1) # sets the number of feature maps to show on each row and column
        plt.title('FeatureMap ' + str(featuremap)) # displays the feature map number
        if activation_min != -1 & activation_max != -1:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", vmin =activation_min, vmax=activation_max, cmap="gray")
        elif activation_max != -1:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", vmax=activation_max, cmap="gray")
        elif activation_min !=-1:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", vmin=activation_min, cmap="gray")
        else:
            plt.imshow(activation[0,:,:, featuremap], interpolation="nearest", cmap="gray")

View Conv1 for right turn sign

In [61]:
img = np.expand_dims(web_images[1], axis=0)

with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess, tf.train.latest_checkpoint('.'))
    outputFeatureMap(img, conv1)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet

View Pool1 for right turn sign

In [62]:
img = np.expand_dims(web_images[1], axis=0)
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess, tf.train.latest_checkpoint('.'))
    outputFeatureMap(img, pool1)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet

View Conv2 for right turn sign

In [63]:
img = np.expand_dims(web_images[1], axis=0)
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess, tf.train.latest_checkpoint('.'))
    outputFeatureMap(img, conv2)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet

View pool2 for right turn sign

In [64]:
img = np.expand_dims(web_images[1], axis=0)
with tf.Session() as sess:
    saver.restore(sess, tf.train.latest_checkpoint('.'))
    outputFeatureMap(img, pool2)
INFO:tensorflow:Restoring parameters from ./lenet
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